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Originally Posted by RainMaker

It is interesting watching how quick people talk themselves into concentration camps.

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“Rationalization is an attempt to justify questionable or corrupt acts using reasonable-seeming explanations,” he said.

Lennon described seven main categories of rationalization, beginning with denial of injury, thinking no one is really going to be harmed; denial of responsibility, believing one has no choice in carrying out an action and is therefore not responsible; and denial of victim, believing those harmed are terrible people and get what they deserve.